Harry Kane made 'not happy' admission in private conversation with Thierry Henry as Arsenal legend explains how Bayern Munich striker has earned his 'respect'

England captain Kane is experiencing mixed emotions during the 2023-24 campaign. He has registered 31 goals on a personal level since leaving Tottenham for Germany, but has seen Bayern slip 10 points off the pace in the Bundesliga title race and 1-0 behind in a Champions League last-16 encounter with Lazio – leaving them in danger of ending the season empty-handed.

Kane moved to Munich in order to bring his long wait for major silverware to a close, but he is also looking to become a more complete forward. Part of that process includes adding more assists to his game – despite having combined with Son Heung-min on a regular basis while at Spurs.

Arsenal legend Henry is impressed by the progress made in Kane’s game, with the World Cup-winning Frenchman telling Sky Sports of the 30-year-old’s desire to get even better: “The evolution of Harry Kane has been outstanding. When I went to see Kane I said to him: ‘Do you want to add assists to your game?’ He said: ‘To be honest, I'm not happy with with my assists and I should do more’. And you know what, I have respect for people that talk and back it up. And you can see I mean the way he plays is just… when we talk about a complete striker, for me I said it so many times we're talking about Patrick Kluivert was complete as a striker. I'm not saying he was the best striker in history, but complete strikers could do it all. Kane can do it all. He can come in midfield, ping a ball to the winger, come get the ball off the holding midfielder, play through the lines. The way Kane is playing right now is a complete striker.”

Kane will be desperate to make another decisive contribution for Bayern when they play host to Lazio in the second leg of their heavyweight Champions League tie on Tuesday. They have no margin for error, with a convincing win required in order to reach the quarter-finals.